The same can be said of Tomkins and Wickham, they had a history of injury problems and can hardly string more than one or two games in succession without then spending most of the season in the sick bay.

I'm not sure that the Tomkins signing can be laid at Parish's door as Brede Hangeland claimed that when he told Pardew that he was retiring he was told to go out and scout his own replacement

I'm not sure that the Tomkins signing can be laid at Parish's door as Brede Hangeland claimed that when he told Pardew that he was retiring he was told to go out and scout his own replacement

You may well be right, but if that were true then that would be another example of poor decision making and at the end of the day no transfer is possible unless SP approves and signs the cheque before which he has a obligation to do due diligence on the player to make sure he is value for money which I believe was 10M.